About the project:
How close can two bodies dance without touching? What tension, curiosity, or vibration emerges in the space between them? Skin becomes a threshold where self meets the other. Literal and metaphorical touch enters as both risk and invitation: sensing heat as a radar, melting into another body, offering ourselves as landscapes that shall be respected, held, and shared. What happens when the limit is challenged, what kind of embrace does this process entail?
The project builds on somatic improvisation, choreographic research, and (non)touch-based encounters. Performers and dancers navigate proximity, elasticity, awkwardness, vulnerability, and the intensity of being affected ~ exploring empathy in its resonances and contradictions. In today’s world, marked by disconnection and individualization, when was the last time you felt lack of empathy or inability to empathize?
POINT OF TOUCH: Practices of Empathy (working title) is a choreographic project diving into empathy as a physical, relational, and perceptual practice. Empathy here is not a fixed trait, but a cultivated skill shaped by attention, boundaries, and shared resonance. The project culminates in a choreographic performance premiering in October 2026 at Studio ALTA in Prague and Dock 11 in Berlin. Performers contribute as co-creators ~ your intuition, experience, courage and sensitivity shape the work from within.
Who are we looking for:
We welcome dancers and performers based in Prague or Berlin to apply (it is not necessary to reside there permanently, but the project does not cover long-term accommodation or additional travel expenses). We value curiosity for somatic work, comfort with improvisation, interest in voice or touch-based practices, a sense of humor, and a willingness to explore personal and physical boundaries ~ though we do not expect anyone to embody all of these. The audition will take the shape of a workshop. We are committed to creating an environment attentive to diverse lived experiences, bodies, backgrounds, and access needs. The process will be held in English.
Schedule:
Rehearsals and shows will take place over 4-8 weeks spread across weeks 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, 36, 40, 41, and 42. The timeline may shift slightly.
Conditions:
Fee per rehearsal day: 80 € / day
Fee per performance: 120–200 € / performance (based on location and conditions of venue)
The fees reflect usual rates within the Czech dance scene, where the project is funded.
Application (via Google Form):
Please upload the following materials through the link here:
CV, Short bio, 1–3 minute dance video, Short motivation
Deadline: 09. 12. 2025 (23:59 CET) ~ Don’t wait until the last minute to apply ;).
Results: Applicants will be contacted by 14.12.2025.
Audition:
18. 12. 2025, 10:00–13:00 in Berlin OR 19. 12. 2025, 10:00–13:00 in Prague
Applicants are expected to participate in person at one location only.
If you have questions, write to [email protected]
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